Defending Breach-of-Contract Claims in Data-Breach Litigation
A post on the What’s Fair? blog on the Ellis & Winters LLP website discusses a recent federal appellate decision that shows how data-breach lawsuits premised on overpayment theories — which often assert claims sounding in contract — still face an uphill battle.
Alex Pearce explains that the overpayment theory rests on the premise that the price of a product or service includes a payment for data security measures. He outlines the recent ruling in Kuhns v. Scottrade.
“In that decision—a boon for data-breach defendants—the Eighth Circuit employed a demanding test for the pleading of facts that give rise to an overpayment claim,” Pearce writes.